LiDAR

LiDAR is a remote sensing technology that measures distance by illuminating a target with a laser and analyzing the reflected light. Air laser scanner generates a large amount of data that creates a point cloud. It is an accurate representation of the land surface and crosses well the vegetation to reach the ground. A point cloud is used when creating DTM and DSM and vertical terrain profiles. A point cloud is gaining even greater value when the object classification is applied (buildings, water, vegetation levels). This allows to create vector objects, eg. 3D city models.

The accuracy of a point cloud is determined by the density of points per m2: